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Principal.java API Doc Java SE 5 API 1387 Fri Aug 26 14:57:14 BST 2005 java.security

Principal

public interface Principal

This interface represents the abstract notion of a principal, which can be used to represent any entity, such as an individual, a corporation, and a login id.

see: java.security.cert.X509Certificate
version: 1.22, 03/12/19
author: Li Gong

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object another)
Compares this principal to the specified object. Returns true if the object passed in matches the principal represented by the implementation of this interface.
param
another principal to compare with.
return
true if the principal passed in is the same as that encapsulated by this principal, and false otherwise.
public java.lang.String getName()
Returns the name of this principal.
return
the name of this principal.
public int hashCode()
Returns a hashcode for this principal.
return
a hashcode for this principal.
public java.lang.String toString()
Returns a string representation of this principal.
return
a string representation of this principal.